If you have any feedback, would like to recommend publications for inclusion or to report problems please email us.

How do I use the RKB?

Simply type in the keywords you are searching for in the search box.

Refine your search by publisher, date or area if you are looking for something specific, otherwise it will search all of the documents held in the RKB.

The results are shown in order of relevance.

What’s in the RKB?

Areas of work include:

standards, safety and quality including regulation

careers in care including recruiting staff, recruitment agencies, working patterns, attitudes and values

finding and keeping workers including turnover, working conditions, pay and culture

individuals who employ their own care and support, budgets and personalisation

care workers skills including end of life care, dignity, diversity

social work including smarter working, modernising care, attitudes, values and the role of the social worker.

The geographic scope is primarily England, but documents from beyond this have been included if deemed applicable to the English adult social care sector.

We're committed to regularly updating the RKB. If you have suggestions for content please contact us.

Please note: Copyright restrictions mean we’re unable to hold third party documents on the RKB. Instead we provide the best URL address available to help you locate documents. We check links regularly, but if you experience any problems please let us know.

Where does the content come from?

Our search strategy is varied. We make use of daily news feeds and alerting services, updates from publishers and our own general searches.

We also regularly scan the websites of these organisations:

British Journal of Social Work

Carers UK

Department of Health

Health and Social Care in the Community

Institute for Public Policy Research

Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Personal Social Services Research Unit (University of Manchester, University of Kent and LSE)